Ch 8: Freezing Peaks
A/N: Okay some of that mushy so called " Romance" stuff hits the story..finally well sort of. I won't go that far like what happen in the other story. o.o But many people liked it......
More snow covered the land and it became much harder to walk. Going up hills was even harder. It took slow and careful movements to get up. Sheba was starting to fall behind. Indeed she was tired. Ivan knew this so he did everything he could to help her get across. Finally a cavern in a cliff was in sight.
" Finally....we can rest!" Sheba gasped for air after the hardest walk she had ever had.
" Take it easy, you might make yourself faint if you do that."
Sheba nodded and leaned against the wall of the cavern.
" You need to rest, I'll go ahead and start the fire." Ivan went back outside the white wonderland. 15 minutes later, he came back with stones and thick branches.
" Warmer?" Ivan lit the fire with a small lightning strike. He took out his blanket and wrapped it around her. The temperature was dropping dramatically in a short period of time.
" Are you okay? Your face looks pale."
" I'm fine Sheba, it'll go away." He moved in closer to the fire. The fire was nice and soon it became a light source as night fall came.
" The temperature must be at least below zero." Sheba shivered.
" It's very unusual for it to be this cold. Ivan huddled his arms together, " It's even colder here than in Imil."
Sheba threw a branch to fuel the fire. Then she started to hug his arm. How nice and warm it was. Ivan then gave her a skeptical look.
" I know it's cold, but you dont have to do that just to keep warm. ^_^ Ivan smiled.
It 's so cold. This gives me the opportunity for close encounters.
Sheba slowly locked her arms around both of his. He just followed along her plans so she doesn't get angry again, like that one time.
" I know you like me, admit it. It's pretty obvious by your actions." Ivan grasped her hands softly with his.
" Fine I'll admit it." She used his shoulder as a head rest, " maybe I do."
" I feel warmer now." He tucked his chin into her hair.
" Why because your girl is in your arms?"
" Huh?" Ivan blinked, " when did I say that?"
" Right now, in your mind."
" But I've would of...." Ivan was cut off with Sheba's lips pressing against his. He held his breath and kissed her back.
Ivan snorted, " I'm not ready for this. Give me some time to think about it if that's okay."
" All the time you want."
The cold air soon made Sheba feel very drowsy and soon fell asleep deeply into his arms. Ivan shook his head in disgust and had to deal with that girl in his arms for the rest of the night.
It stopped snowing early in the morning. Ivan noticed a small sized adult deer nibbling on the bark of some trees. Ivan used halt to stop the deer in it's tracks. He then cast sleep and got ready to give it the final blow. He tried what Sheba did to that poor bunny rabbit. He slammed his staff onto the deer's neck which broke it instantly. He dragged it into the cave.
Sheba awoke with the smell of fresh meat cooking. She shot her eye open to see what was going on.
" I got some breakfast, have some." Ivan offered her a piece of cooked deer meat. She was hungry and gladly took it.
" I hope I cooked it well enough, I haven't cooked deer in a while." Ivan took a chuck of the meat and shoved it up his mouth.
" You're such a pig." Sheba took all the rest of the meat. " Save some for me!"
" Pig? You ate as much as I did!"
" No you didn't."
" Yes I did."
" Don't get me wrong, I saw you take that big piece of meat Ivan!"
" So? There was a lot left anyway, and you ate it. So were equal!"
" Fine with me."
" We got plenty of time this morning, wanna go out and play in the snow?"
" Sure, but you can't catch me!" Sheba rubbed some snow in his face. She ran into the snow laughing. Ivan smiled and soon caught up with her, she wasn't as fast as he was. He lifted her up and held her so that their eyes met. They both smiled at each other. It was like that for a few seconds and threw her into the snow to wrestle her.
" You're much more playful than I've imagined." Ivan said as he threw snow into her face. "Ha! I got you back fair and square!" He ran, laughing and teasing her.
" Come back her young man!" Sheba got up and began to throw snowballs at him. She pelted him every single time. He soon gave up and rested in the snow, all warned out by play.
" That was fun. We should do that again." Ivan said to Sheba as she dropped herself next to him.
" We should shouldnt we." Sheba chuckled and planted multiple moist kisses on his cheek. Ivan was turning beet red.
" Please Sheba, I'm not ready for that just yet." Ivan nuzzled his cheek with hers, " we better get going now."
" Okay," she whispered into his ear.
A/N: Okay some of that mushy so called " Romance" stuff hits the story..finally well sort of. I won't go that far like what happen in the other story. o.o But many people liked it......
More snow covered the land and it became much harder to walk. Going up hills was even harder. It took slow and careful movements to get up. Sheba was starting to fall behind. Indeed she was tired. Ivan knew this so he did everything he could to help her get across. Finally a cavern in a cliff was in sight.
" Finally....we can rest!" Sheba gasped for air after the hardest walk she had ever had.
" Take it easy, you might make yourself faint if you do that."
Sheba nodded and leaned against the wall of the cavern.
" You need to rest, I'll go ahead and start the fire." Ivan went back outside the white wonderland. 15 minutes later, he came back with stones and thick branches.
" Warmer?" Ivan lit the fire with a small lightning strike. He took out his blanket and wrapped it around her. The temperature was dropping dramatically in a short period of time.
" Are you okay? Your face looks pale."
" I'm fine Sheba, it'll go away." He moved in closer to the fire. The fire was nice and soon it became a light source as night fall came.
" The temperature must be at least below zero." Sheba shivered.
" It's very unusual for it to be this cold. Ivan huddled his arms together, " It's even colder here than in Imil."
Sheba threw a branch to fuel the fire. Then she started to hug his arm. How nice and warm it was. Ivan then gave her a skeptical look.
" I know it's cold, but you dont have to do that just to keep warm. ^_^ Ivan smiled.
It 's so cold. This gives me the opportunity for close encounters.
Sheba slowly locked her arms around both of his. He just followed along her plans so she doesn't get angry again, like that one time.
" I know you like me, admit it. It's pretty obvious by your actions." Ivan grasped her hands softly with his.
" Fine I'll admit it." She used his shoulder as a head rest, " maybe I do."
" I feel warmer now." He tucked his chin into her hair.
" Why because your girl is in your arms?"
" Huh?" Ivan blinked, " when did I say that?"
" Right now, in your mind."
" But I've would of...." Ivan was cut off with Sheba's lips pressing against his. He held his breath and kissed her back.
Ivan snorted, " I'm not ready for this. Give me some time to think about it if that's okay."
" All the time you want."
The cold air soon made Sheba feel very drowsy and soon fell asleep deeply into his arms. Ivan shook his head in disgust and had to deal with that girl in his arms for the rest of the night.
It stopped snowing early in the morning. Ivan noticed a small sized adult deer nibbling on the bark of some trees. Ivan used halt to stop the deer in it's tracks. He then cast sleep and got ready to give it the final blow. He tried what Sheba did to that poor bunny rabbit. He slammed his staff onto the deer's neck which broke it instantly. He dragged it into the cave.
Sheba awoke with the smell of fresh meat cooking. She shot her eye open to see what was going on.
" I got some breakfast, have some." Ivan offered her a piece of cooked deer meat. She was hungry and gladly took it.
" I hope I cooked it well enough, I haven't cooked deer in a while." Ivan took a chuck of the meat and shoved it up his mouth.
" You're such a pig." Sheba took all the rest of the meat. " Save some for me!"
" Pig? You ate as much as I did!"
" No you didn't."
" Yes I did."
" Don't get me wrong, I saw you take that big piece of meat Ivan!"
" So? There was a lot left anyway, and you ate it. So were equal!"
" Fine with me."
" We got plenty of time this morning, wanna go out and play in the snow?"
" Sure, but you can't catch me!" Sheba rubbed some snow in his face. She ran into the snow laughing. Ivan smiled and soon caught up with her, she wasn't as fast as he was. He lifted her up and held her so that their eyes met. They both smiled at each other. It was like that for a few seconds and threw her into the snow to wrestle her.
" You're much more playful than I've imagined." Ivan said as he threw snow into her face. "Ha! I got you back fair and square!" He ran, laughing and teasing her.
" Come back her young man!" Sheba got up and began to throw snowballs at him. She pelted him every single time. He soon gave up and rested in the snow, all warned out by play.
" That was fun. We should do that again." Ivan said to Sheba as she dropped herself next to him.
" We should shouldnt we." Sheba chuckled and planted multiple moist kisses on his cheek. Ivan was turning beet red.
" Please Sheba, I'm not ready for that just yet." Ivan nuzzled his cheek with hers, " we better get going now."
" Okay," she whispered into his ear.